Sesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation

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A one-minute Sesame Street animation of a counting pinball game focused on the number 12, set to Pointer Sisters music.

HN mentions it as a fondly remembered classic of children's educational television.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@TomMckenny2018 · in “Caroll Spinney Leaves ‘Sesame Street’ After Nearly 50 Years”

I grew up on it too but a full generation earlier. Even now when some unlikely coincidence surfaces the number 12, sometimes this song[0] still pops into my head. [0] [VIDEO]

@jeffwass2021 · in “'Sesame Street': from radical experiment to beloved TV mainstay”

I've always wondered how many classic Sesame Street sketches were made by artists and animators while tripping on psychadelics. All the sketches below are ones I've seen when I was little. The legendery Pinball Number Count, with music by the Pointer Sisters : [VIDEO] Totally tripped-out alphabet, and I mean totally tripped-out : [LINK] Multi-armed guru counting to twenty a few times including in Spanish : [LINK] Little kid gets lost in a weird neighborhood : [LINK]

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@vunderba2026 · in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux”

There have been a few attempts at this. I think the most well-known one is probably this one [1]. While we’re at it, I’d love to see a physical version of the seseame street pinbal table [2], though that one might be a bit more ambitious. :) [1] - [LINK] [2] - [VIDEO]